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the georgetown herald 150 per annum in advance 200 to usa seventyfourth year of publication wednesday evening march 19th 1941 first cheque goes forward to evening telegram a cheque for 20227 has been for- werded today to the toronto btren- tng telegram british war victims fund as the first contribution from the fund started by the herald four weeks ago getting modestly under wisywittf the original w contribu tions by e it magtoughlen and the georgetown- herald public response jbaa been generous and we feel thai thia win be but the ttrat of many each cheques from the oeorge a colleotion waif taken up on the bus which took juvenile hockey players and tans to oalt on monday night which betted another 600 for he fund a aadal evening at the borne of mr and mrs hugh dickie raised 01000 and bom one of main streets four- sagged residents trotted 1n yesterday morning with a dollar bin ta his maybe this will buy a bone or two for some poor dog over there be baiked as he dropped it at our feet 7 the georgetown herald british war victims fund b r magloughlen 600 the georgetown herald 600 helen donald and marilyn 1000 joe rice 100 happy times olub 300 mrs j a evans 100 mrs a l grace 100 mrs h scott 28 mrs w o bell 800 mrs matthew armstrong 200 georgetown high school proceeds of valentine party held on february 14th 1050 glen williams 770 total feb- 26th 6146 miss wonne adams 213 a friend 200 mr and mrs russell hepburn 500 h a smith 100 slalom ski club 964 mrs h scott 50 proceeds of dance feb 28th sponsored by larry mac- kenzle ralph wbltmee and bob early 3105 proceeds of play put on by ladles of norval united church 2000 additional contributions at legion stag party 66 collection from concert on hockey train to fergus march 3rd 566 mr and mrs h hancock 300 social evening mar 6th at home of mrs f broom- head 700 georgetown womens institute 2500 the glen community club 1600 total march 12th 16837 mr s r g penson 600 a friend 300 t l leslie 500 social evening at the home of mr and mrs hugh dickie 1000 collection on chartered bus for hockey game at gait 600 boso ijoo willing helpers bible class st georges s s 600 total march 19th f 202 27 hydro speaker at lions club e dietrich a representative of the hydro electric power commission of ontario was guest speaker at the lions dub meeting in the mcosbbon house last monday in conjunction with his remarks he showed an inter esting talking moyie which showed the different phases of the develop ment transformation and use of hydro mr dietrich pointed out that since 1683 when the first electric generator was exhibited at cornwall demonstrat ing electric lights ontario hydro has grown to be the third largest business in canada second only to the two national railways mayor joseph gibbons reeve har old cleave j b gray and h c day- foot were guests at the dlnneiv mcenery home burned the farm home of mr and mrav ro bert mcenery situated about a tttue from ballinafad was completely des troyed by fire which broke out mon- dayioon the family was in the bam at the time and- when the flro was noticed it had gained such headway that they were unable to gain access to the house and furnishings and personal belongings were completely destroyed a strong wind was blowing at the time but lucidly its direction was away from the barn and that build ing was untouched draw winners are announced the lucky number draw sponsored by ha 3 platoon of the lome scots pd sc h regiment was held in the gregory theatre last friday night first prize a- 012 pair of skis went to bill mountain of milton other prizewinners were and hooked rug dick rlddall 3rd archery outfit jean ooodshott muton 4th tables lamp harvey dewhurst 5th salad bowl and servers mar garet tyers net proceeds of 4065 were realised from the draw glimpses of parliament hughes cleavet iip community euchre party held last ki a community euchre patry in aid of british war relief was held last night in the legion rooms mrs fsed armstrong with a score of 110 and mr e c thompson with a score of 113 were prtaewlnners prizes were four war savings stamps valued at 100 the draw for the basket of groceries was made by j p mccartney presi dent of branch 120 canadian legion the winner was miss isabel collier who held ticket number 7 guests at the party included mrs william roney mrs e james mr c clark mr e c thompson mrs a carter mr webster mrs h knight mrs hunter mr harry wright mrs e mlddlebrook mr d cook mr d c lawson mrs b hadley miss florrle alcott mrs r b shortlll mrs v king mr n dieke mr chlsholm mrs wilcox mrs a s wilson mrs c stacey mrs j young mrs w forgrave mr sacerty mrs jos gibbons mrs arme lawson mrs f varey mr norton mr jack davis mrs doyle mrs f armstrong mrs k king mr s p chapman mr james clarke mr w c blehn mrs n snyder miss a hlckey mrs w e nodwell mrs p f blackburn mrs g alcott mrs le francois mrs b leslie horticultural executive meets the executive of the horticultural r met on thursday march 13th a were given of the very lnter- horticultural convention held tn toronto recently where the keynote we how horticultural societies could cooperate with the war ef fort we must keep our gardens parks and rural communities attrac tive thus bringing tourists to our co their money is greatly needed by our oovemment for war purposes working to conserve nature and to increase beauty goes a long way tow ard trlft civilian morale plana were discussed for the school pupils gardens and prises for these also a competition was arranged for tine building of bird houses to be shown at the fall fair the horticultural society is look ing forward to an active year of raaeresting work mff wmbh otatb emtk kd monday night dr and mrs clifford held played hosts to st georges happy times sob on monday night at their home on mam street the evening spent in games and singsongs whldh included patriotic song bob perry and kenny mendham sang solos and boas norton a comae song bar raid and mxs w mendham ofce briefl to the b about church sscefiflanokstreseitv that they should o to church faithfully and regularly sapper was served and drt held pre- nit1 nail i of the boye with a model adjnraft as a remenwxance of the eli gollop buried at norval funeral services were held last thursday for eli james gollop who passed away the previous tuesday at his home son of the late eli gol lop and jane robertson he was born and grew up in norval attend ing public school there he had lived for several years in the west but re turned to his home town some ten years ago mr gollop was in his 76th year a liberal in politics and anglican in religion he was twice married to hannah kidd and secondly to millie mitchell who predeceased him six years ago he is survived by a daugh ter mrs marjorle mcpherson to ronto two brothers george and ro bert of norval and two sisters mrs black and mrs i webster norval another brother john died recently in toronto the funeral service was held from the home of his sister mrs j black with burial in hlllcrest cemetery nerval mr gollop was one of canadas ex perts in small arms he first became interested in shooting in 1688 he organized the winnipeg rifle club and moving to victoria bg organis ed three clubs on the coast during the last war he was prominent in western canada for the organisation of clubs and the training of civilians the use of small arms in 1986 he was instrumental in or ganizing the norval rifle dub which meets each monday for practice members of the club have made se veral outstanding records at rifle matches in various sections of the country two meetings of st georges wa oaju or thanks ifee wife and family of the late jfciafun alderstm wish to express tbetr baartfek thanks and appreciation lor d acta of kindness me of aafaw arid bemufnl floral tributes imjiiii il the tone of their recent gas ijateasement m the loss of a lor- tm iliads nfl and- father practically the whole of last week was taken up in the discussion of the defence of canada regulations the appointment of a special committee to examine war expenditures pensions and war appropriations bill mrs doiise nielsen made a strong attack on the defence regulations and complained about the manner in which people are being interned with out trial in the courts she was asked a very pointed question as to her stand on communism but she evaded giving a direct answer the mini ster of justice in concluding the de bate explained fully the cure wruch is la ken before anyone is interned and said that he held the view that in lime ol war the safety of the state la of paramount importance he con cluded with the following words i am doing it to the best of my capacity i have been told in jwrsuaslve fashion that i should do things in a certain way i have also recervafllvhreats and i may say that 1 have been advised in directly that if a certain gentleman were not released i might expect a newspaper campaign neither sweet inducements nor threats will have any influence on me i will do what i think is right whatever may be- the consequences and if the committee changes the regu lations and i still have something to do with them i will apply them as i think they should be applied agam neither inducement black- mall or threats will have any in fluence in conclusion mr speaker i again thank hon mem bers and i hope we shall all co operate in trying to have the regulations what they ought to be we should have all confi dence in one another and try to do the work as best we can canada has a foreign born popula tion of approximately 600000 it was disclosed in the- debate that less than rune hundred people have been intern ed the debate on the motion to appoint special committee to examine war rev e g baxter takes up mew duties in thorold the opposition groups when urging the appointment of the committee hon mr hanson made the following statement mr hanson we know that war is wasteful we know there is great waste in this war though i do not say intentional waste i do believe however that a committee of private hcmbers of this house fitting day in and day out during sessions and between sessions could perform a very useful func tion in assisting the government at this time and i commend this suggestion to hon members it will provide an outlet for the ener gies of the private members who arc anxious about the war who want to make a contribution who were sent here by their constitu ents to make thai contribution but who find themselves frustrated yesi that is the word because they have no outlet for their abi lities and their capabilities the work of this committee is per haps the most important work which private members of the house will be permitted to perform as war contribu tion needless to say i was pleased that halton county was honored in having representation on the com mittee in regard to pensions the new bill with only minor exceptions makes the provisions of the old pensions act applicable to soldiers serving in the present war the bill was referred to a special committee for full consider ation before being passed by the house the discussion on war approprl- atlone was continued with much time being spent in the reading of news paper articles and editorials criticising the war effort in so far as these criticisms spur the government to greater efforts they are all to the good but in so far as they hamper our war effort and lead to distrust and mission to lepers elects officers the annual meeting of the lon branch ol the mission to lepers ws held in the basement of the bap tist church on thursday afternoon aaxch 13th at three oclock mrs a rjsve the president was in the chair it- nutes of last years meeting were n d and adopted the treasurer s tyndall submitted her report which was approved and adopted it was moved by mrs blair and rconded by mrs a dayfoot that the lowing officers be elected president mrs a reeve vicepresident miss young secretary mrsw v grant treasurer mrs ostrander representative to local council mrs b francis rev e g baxter assuming that nom inations were closed declared the above officers elected and congratulat ed the president rev w g o thompson read the scripture lesson and rev e g baxter led in prayer rev w g o thomp son then introduced the speaker the rev james dickson late of an american working for the canadian mission enroute to south america dickson gave a very interesting talk on the establishment of the hap py mount leper colony in the island of formosa mrs w g o thomp son moved a vote of thanks to the speaker which was seconded by mrs c b dayfoot master henry matthews solo accompanied by mrs w u u thompson miss hilda erwln was ac companist for hymns the weather the march lion certainly went on the rampage this last week and gave us the stormiest week of the winter it began last tuesday with a six inch snow fall which was not so bad as it came gently without drifting this was followed by a couple of days or bright sunshine and moderate tem perature which brought the snow level on the ground down again to three or four inches sunday evening we had a light sprinkle of rain quickly followed by a sudden drop in temperature and our share of the blizzard which had been sweeping over the western states and provinces blocking roads and causing the loss of so many lives- we may thank our stars we got only the tall end of the storm in this sec tion of the country for while the lack of confidence they are dlstlnctlygale ragedat from fifty to sixty miles expenditures went into the second as follows harmful mr abbott of montreal re ferred in the debate to a recent state ment by mayor morrison of hamilton day everyone agreed that the com mittee should be appointed and that it should have the fullest possible powers to investigate all war expenditures both past and present but the opposi tion took strong exception to two points in the first place it was urged that all meetings or the committee should be held in public mr king took the stand that it would be wise to follow the practice adopted in great britain of holding most if not all of the meetings in camera on ac count of the natue of the workwhich the committee was doing it was fin ally left that the matter is entirely in the hands of the committee to reach its own decision in this regard the second point of objection was as to the representation on the committee of the different groups in the house the committee consists or 18 liberals and six members from the opposi tion the rules of the house of com mons have since confederation pro vided that all groups in the house should have representation on all committees m proportion equal to the representation in the- house of the dlherent groups the rules of the house were followed in connection with the appointment of this special committee but on account of the over whelming majority ot the government in the present house of commons this automatically leads to a very small representation on this committee by at the regular georges wa held last wednesday afternoon mrs t wold gave an in teresting talk on norway the coun- try of her birth miss l sayle western van mission worker who had spoken in town the previous day was a guest at the meeting she had brought an auto graphed picture of the royal family which was presented to herself and to mui haaeu founder of van mission work by the queen to he placed in the van for children on the lonely prairies to see the m was in charge of mrs s uackende and was the educational this afternoon mrs wuuam bubi- vant u in charge of the thankoffer ing meeting of the wa mother dbs in kngund word was received last week by mr h hurley of the deith of his mother mrs kllen hurley lb bristol england she was 70 yean of age nobody can accuse me of ever having pulled my punches when i have had to mix it m peacetime politics with the liberals either at queens park or at ottawa but let me tell you this when this country is at war i am a canadian and a britisher before i am a conserva tive party man and like a lot of other people i am getting damned well fed up with this constant yapping at the government about the inefficiency and ineffective ness of the war effort during the past week the debate on the war appropriations measure has dragged along in a dreary fashion with but little accomplished in the way of results and the end of the de bate still appears to be a long way off mr hanson has suggested that we should change off and discuss ag riculture and has even intimated that if this should be done the pass age of the war expropriation measure would be expedited- he vehemently protested that this was not a threat to obstruct the war measure but the question at once arises why did hold out this suggestion the prime minister at once indicated that the war measure must have the right of way and that the debate on the agri cultural question would follow lrmne- continued on page 8 i in our mail bag sussex military camp sussex nb march 0 ih the georgetown herald dear mr blehn first i must apologise for not writ ing sooner but i suppose it is better late than never i really intended to come m and thank you for sending me the herald when i was home on furlough hut my leave went so fast i had just turned around and had to oome back are three of us from george town down here at camp swaex dune tost rust varey and myself bo we sua can hold our own when it come to an argument about hookey especially with somebody from fergus last weak the snow bad nearly an gone and we wan easpeettag to set started on inanoeuvxes around the countryside and then last night sat urday we got about a foot ot snow so we wm have to stay m close to quarters for a while longer we are having quite time down here at the eoast the town u about as big as acton and really not omen activity soldiers down here are a very ffwrmrw sight as there are ab kinds of them i have been transferr ed to the 16th field battery now in an all new battery at least for this little scrap the 18th really has a history to live up to from the last war and be fore that we have a swell bunch of ffupt mi t i it urn juiow the rev e o baxter pastor of george town and acton baptist churches for the past five years left this morninc for thorold to take up his new charge in that town mr and mrs banter came here from brownsburg pq wrtfc their family and since then have nua many friends in town and will be inlaw ed from community life last sunday evening mr f preached his farewell sermon titled a gospel worth preaching the choir from acton baptist church joined the local- choir to provide spe cial music for the evening and pte t s wafnes camp borden was guest soloist last night about fortyfive mem bers and friends of the byptj gath ered in the church basement prettily decorated for the occasion for a st patricks party with the president in the chair the meeting opened with a half hour of singing old favourite hymns followed by a period of inter esting games a presentation of wellfilled purses was made to mr and mrs baxter aa the presentation of gifts was a custom used on various occasions in tm days and the couple were commended for the way they had carried on their work while in georgetown mr and mrs baxter graciously thanked all and said it had been a pleasure to serve this church and community mayor joseph gibbons was present and spoke of the pleasure and support he had derived from his associations with mr baxter and stated that the value of christian churches in a community could not be measured he extended best wishes to mr and m baxter and family as they leave to take up work in a now field mayor gibbons said he considered the mini stry the highest calling and that any work worthy of ones best energies necessarily was difficult a delicious lunch was served and with the singing of blest be the tie that binds and prayer by mr harry wood the evening was brought to a ciosl an hour there was not a heavy snow fall nor was the temperature down to sero here are the local records date h and l precipl- temp tatlon mon mar 10 39 ib tues mar 11 36 wed mar 12 29 thurs mar 13 36 pri mar 14 38 sat mar 15 37 sun mar 16 37 mon mar 17 13 28 snow 6 21 20 snow 26 33 rain 25 6 snow 2 cash donations from rtostal sent dotectlt to the to ronto evening telegram war victims- fund j n morgason 7 50 other batteries something to look up to before we are through well i must close for now thank ing you very much for the herald and best wishes to you and the staff and all my friends m g i remain your olmr b d asoaftl 16th field bty rcjl the uahs ohaaevaf i 11 ajn public woubsp bar a o w lrama ba 1 s eat pimuawoafch 1 jo pm pubbn wontdgc 940 sunday school ah dick llcata n a robinson o c brown j h hunter w h fiddler r carter f r fendley oh may george wood fred humphrey james hyatt donald bull fred mclaughlin l j c bull j blanchl w h olegfr mrs r s murray mr patterson wm oraham r- h hunter mrs w j swltaer lome cleave r w cunningham e vout oliver hunter hardy baxnhlll e townsend george xrstejp e b snow a friend j mrs a laldlaw miss olive burnett mr barton rev aleggtt o w sharp mrs webster prank carney mrs laird sr mrs mmlchrt harold lyons hew a ooletwook george cleave mrs posneroy john achat alex noble amrl hyatt joectoeara mayfleld miss b barnes 6 00 h 00 6 00 10 00 6 00 10 00 3 00 10 00 2 00 2 q0 5 00 3 00 6 00 2 00 2 00 3 00 1 00 2 00 6 00 3 00 2 1 00 soo 1 00 1 00 a-oo- miss sayle speaks at st georges ttss i sayle was guest i a meeting on march 11th sponsored by the womens auxiliary of st georges church of england miss sayle is an associate ol mw hasell founder and organizer of van mission work in western canada the work which was begun twenty- two years ago progressed to a paint where today 22 vans each with a driver and a teacher travel throughout the west bringing education and com forts to lonely areas both miss hatu and miss sayle are from england their work is nondenoinlnatlonal and they minister to people of all racessynd creeds movies were shown taken and col oured by miss sayle and her associ ates in the west miss sayle described how when queen elizabeth saw the distress in western drought areas on her visit to canada in the spring of 1900 she stated that on her return to england she would interest friends there in sending clothing to the people there when war broke out in september it would be natural to expect that noth ing might be done at that time but aa october a bale from england arrived with enough clothing to clothe 100 families garage operators educational meeting halton county gang operators association will soon hare to find larger premises if the attendance at their combined business and educa tional meetings continues to increase at its present rate needoeai to amy seats were at a premium in the far mers hall milton on thursday erven- m lng march 6th mr president presiding the secretary reported several items of business from prov council and a large amount of cor respondence was read and repotted on a general business period and dfcams- sion followed d his ckwing remarks the president once more ihmaiml the importance of men tn the uoada get ting together as onto by a general pooling of thought and effort can they hope to put their chosen business on the high level tt so rightly daterres the eduoattorjal portion of the meet ing was provided by representatives of ttoeb f goodrich tire co mr pon- lawrence may murray laird 200 b 00 200 1 00 1 00 1 oo 1 00 200 b 00 boo 100 soo a so 5 00 100 t 00 boo boo too bo 1 00 200 1 00 1 00 1 00 100 300 b1m00 ruebottom and hx j horton of the sales staff mr rfrmaldron wm the i of the avenue ha hie ad dress ihe sap abatbwmosa- be outlined the growth of the rubber b- duehry the rubber used lit the- au tomobile ttre of today m flnt dst- covered by xulatooher ir amatar the nattvea of south amextaa but was never grown oaoneroledr u mim qmn 100 years saykiost of tfe wortd supply ow jflrired to keep north awmlm- bruly a pnbbm under pnsans jbt nuutotarad ptodnot lat t blade aadi en ba jtodltldoal tuft attar i j a dcotor praewfleee- jraam resfw sftfoyame erentaa food for m amfsmm 4